New Delhi: Delays in India’s bid to sign an estimated Rs 1-lakh-crore deal for 126 combat aircraft is all set to be on the discussion table when France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visits here later this month seeking to ramp up engagement with the new Narendra Modi Government.
Fabius’ visit will coincide with the official talks on counter-terrorism efforts between a team of French experts and their Indian counterparts, against the backdrop of recent Herat terror strikes in Afghanistan targeting the Indian embassy. Giving details of these meetings here during a media interaction on Thursday, French Ambassador to India Francois Richer said his country’s foreign minister’s talks will encompass all spectrum of bilateral ties, including defence.
He was responding to reporters’ query if any senior French official was expected to visit India soon to discuss the 2007 combat aircraft tender in which the country had selected the French firm Dassault Aviation’s ‘Rafale’ aircraft as the winner.
06/06/14 New Indian Express
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Fabius’ visit will coincide with the official talks on counter-terrorism efforts between a team of French experts and their Indian counterparts, against the backdrop of recent Herat terror strikes in Afghanistan targeting the Indian embassy. Giving details of these meetings here during a media interaction on Thursday, French Ambassador to India Francois Richer said his country’s foreign minister’s talks will encompass all spectrum of bilateral ties, including defence.
He was responding to reporters’ query if any senior French official was expected to visit India soon to discuss the 2007 combat aircraft tender in which the country had selected the French firm Dassault Aviation’s ‘Rafale’ aircraft as the winner.
06/06/14 New Indian Express
